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Bundesliga roundup: Borussia Dortmund pick up three points but so do other league leaders

By Austin Weldon

BREMEN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 22: (BILD ZEITUNG OUT) Erling Haaland of Borussia Dortmund celebrates after scoring his team's second goal during the Bundesliga match between SV Werder Bremen and Borussia Dortmund at Wohninvest Weserstadion on February 22, 2020 in Bremen, Germany. (Photo by Max Maiwald/DeFodi Images via Getty Images)
BREMEN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 22: (BILD ZEITUNG OUT) Erling Haaland of Borussia Dortmund celebrates after scoring his team's second goal during the Bundesliga match between SV Werder Bremen and Borussia Dortmund at Wohninvest Weserstadion on February 22, 2020 in Bremen, Germany. (Photo by Max Maiwald/DeFodi Images via Getty Images) /
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Borussia Dortmund picked up three tough points against Werder Bremen but weren’t able to gain any ground on Bayern or Leipzig as they both won as well.

Borussia Dortmund picked up a clean sheet against Werder Bremen in their 2-0 win. It wasn’t Dortmund’s best game as they were clearly worn down from their Champions League clash but the important part was picking up the three points. Dan-Axel Zagadou and Erling Haaland were the goal scorers that lifted Dortmund over Bremen.

Bayern Munich beat Paderborn in the Friday game thanks to a last minute goal by none other than Robert Lewandowski. It was his second goal of the game and had he not been able to deliver again Dortmund would have been able to make up some ground. Serge Gnabry was the other goal scorer for Bayern. Dennis Srbeny and Sven Michel were the goal scorers for Paderborn in the almost upset.

Borussia Monchengladbach drew against TSG Hoffenheim in another game with late drama. Gladbach went up 1-0 through Matthia Ginter early on but were unable to hold on as Lucas Ribeiro scored a 90th minute equalizer. Gladbach missed a penalty and also had a goal called back through VAR to add to their frustration.

Hoffenheim’s Brasilian defender Lucas Ribeiro celebrates with teammates after scoring during the German first division Bundesliga football match Borussia Moenchengladbach vs TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, in Moenchengladbach, western Germany, on February 22, 2020. (Photo by UWE KRAFT / AFP) / DFL REGULATIONS PROHIBIT ANY USE OF PHOTOGRAPHS AS IMAGE SEQUENCES AND/OR QUASI-VIDEO (Photo by UWE KRAFT/AFP via Getty Images)
Hoffenheim’s Brasilian defender Lucas Ribeiro celebrates with teammates after scoring during the German first division Bundesliga football match Borussia Moenchengladbach vs TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, in Moenchengladbach, western Germany, on February 22, 2020. (Photo by UWE KRAFT / AFP) / DFL REGULATIONS PROHIBIT ANY USE OF PHOTOGRAPHS AS IMAGE SEQUENCES AND/OR QUASI-VIDEO (Photo by UWE KRAFT/AFP via Getty Images) /

Fortuna Dusseldorf came out on top of Freiburg in a 2-0 victory. Andre Hoffmann and Erik Thommy were the goal scorers for Dusseldorf but it was Kevin Stoger who took home man of the match honours with 2 assists. FC Koln thrashed Hertha Berlin 5-0 in a huge away win thanks to a star performance from Jhon Cordoba who had 2 goals and an assist. Florian Kainz also notched a brace in the one sided game.

RB Leipzig decimated Schalke 04 in a 5-0 beatdown that started with a bang. Marcel Sabitzer started thigs off in the first minute on a shot from about 25 yards out that Alexander Nubel somehow failed to stop. It was shot directly at him and somehow he dove out of the way to concede it. It didn’t get any better from there on out for Schalke as Leipzig put four goals past them in a 30 minute span in the second half. Bayer Leverkusen continued their win streak, extending it to 5 games in a 2-0 win over Augsburg. Mousa Diaby and Nadiem Amiri were the goal scorers for Leverkusen as they clearly separated themselves from Schalke in 5th place.

GELSENKIRCHEN, GERMANY – FEBRUARY 22: Christopher Nkunku of RB Leipzig during the German Bundesliga match between Schalke 04 v RB Leipzig at the Veltins Arena on February 22, 2020 in Gelsenkirchen Germany (Photo by Peter Lous/Soccrates/Getty Images)
GELSENKIRCHEN, GERMANY – FEBRUARY 22: Christopher Nkunku of RB Leipzig during the German Bundesliga match between Schalke 04 v RB Leipzig at the Veltins Arena on February 22, 2020 in Gelsenkirchen Germany (Photo by Peter Lous/Soccrates/Getty Images) /

Wolfsburg pummelled Mainz on the late Sunday game 4-0 which pushes Mainz closer to the relegation zone. Renato Steffen score a brace for the home side, alongside Josip Brekalo and Yannick Gerhardt.

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Union Berlin beat Frankfurt in the Monday game, leapfrogging them in the standings. Union Berlin squeaked out a 2-1 win with a pair of own goals occurring in this game, one for each team.

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